Masaki Kashiwara, this year’s Abel Prize winner, co-founded a new field of mathematics called algebraic analysis ...

Argentines working in humble barrios, or neighborhoods, and the people they serve, prayed for the health of Pope Francis at ...

Trees depicted in famous artworks across a range of styles follow the same mathematical rules as their real-life counterparts, scientists have found. The math concept hidden in this tree art — ...

Scott Steiner's math promo ahead of TNA Sacrifice 2008 is one of the most famous promos in wrestling and is still referenced today.

Each year, on March 14, it's become traditional for numerophiles and mathematicians to pause and reflect on the most famous ...

The German-born physicist’s most famous equation, E = mc 2, states that anything with mass has an equivalent amount of energy, and vice versa. It arose from his special theory of relativity ...

The addendum identified a novel relationship between energy and mass, which ultimately spawned the most famous equation in the world: E=mc2. Source: Einstein: His Life and Universe Four years ...

Ancient Greek letter and math symbol pi. Credit: Shisma/Wikimedia Commons/ CC ... The first accurate calculation of π was conducted by Archimedes of Syracuse around 250 BC. The famous mathematician ...

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The relationship between quantum mechanics and classical physics has baffled scientists for decades. In the quantum world, particles can exist in multiple states at once—a phenomenon known as ...

The Drake Equation helps scientists estimate the odds of finding intelligent alien civilizations. It’s an age-old question: Do aliens exist? And what are the odds we’ll make contact? A famous ...

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